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I think it's pretty clear that 120 miles was in the context of car usage, that they hadn't used the car for such a trip. The car was the context of what I quote

I think it's pretty clear that 120 miles was in the context of car usage, that they hadn't used the car for such a trip. The car was the context of what I quoted, so unless I was making a non sequitur then it is by definition the context of my comment as well. Of course there are other ways a person could have travelled more than 120 miles away. Used a friend's car, a (very expensive) uber, a rental, or the other options you mentioned. All of which would actually support my point: The only way they could do a 2-way trip of any length, with only charging their car at home, is if they didn't use the car for the trip.

vel0city 5y ago
Many people treat owning an EV as some kind of traveling death sentence. I've had plenty of people ask me "but what about range?", as if only having ~100mi distance (~200mi total on my standard battery AWD Mach E) is somehow limiting my travel. A big part of the answer is there are other forms of transportation available to me on the kinds of travel I'd do. Sure, driving 1,000mi would be a bit more of a PITA at the moment in some respects with the Mach E than an ICE, but on the other hand there's still a lot of other options for the travel. I can still easily go >120 miles from home without using public charging even if my only car is an EV. I took your statement quite literally. Your comment literally states that because they have a Bolt and haven't used a public charger, they "haven't been more than about 120 miles away from home in 2 years". Sure, adding an additional "in their Bolt" to the end of that then means quite a bit more, but taken very literally this statement is stating they haven't gone more than 120 miles from their home. You don't appear to be someone making that argument with the additional context, but there are people who would assume that having an EV means they literally haven't travelled >120 miles from home. I know this because I've talked with people who have thought that of my EV.

vel0city 5y ago

Many people treat owning an EV as some kind of traveling death sentence. I've had plenty of people ask me "but what about range?", as if only having ~100mi distance (~200mi total on my standard battery AWD Mach E) is somehow limiting my travel. A big part of the answer is there are other forms of transportation available to me on the kinds of travel I'd do. Sure, driving 1,000mi would be a bit more of a PITA at the moment in some respects with the Mach E than an ICE, but on the other hand there's still a lot of other options for the travel. I can still easily go >120 miles from home without using public charging even if my only car is an EV. I took your statement quite literally. Your comment literally states that because they have a Bolt and haven't used a public charger, they "haven't been more than about 120 miles away from home in 2 years". Sure, adding an additional "in their Bolt" to the end of that then means quite a bit more, but taken very literally this statement is stating they haven't gone more than 120 miles from their home. You don't appear to be someone making that argument with the additional context, but there are people who would assume that having an EV means they literally haven't travelled >120 miles from home. I know this because I've talked with people who have thought that of my EV.